Manusmriti [sanskrit]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 23,875 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the Sanskrit text of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of verses dealing with ‘Dharma-Shastra’—the ancient Indian science of Law, Spritual life, Politics and Ethics.. The edition of this text is based on Ganganatha Jha’s translation of the same text.

Verse 8.387

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एतेषां निग्रहो राज्ञः पञ्चानां विषये स्वके ।
सांराज्यकृत्सजात्येषु लोके चैव यशस्करः ॥ ३८७ ॥

eteṣāṃ nigraho rājñaḥ pañcānāṃ viṣaye svake |
sāṃrājyakṛtsajātyeṣu loke caiva yaśaskaraḥ || 387 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.387 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.387). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Esha, Nigraha, Rajan, Panca, Vishaya, Svaka, Rajyakrit, Sajatya, Loka, Yashaskara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.387). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “eteṣāṃ nigraho rājñaḥ pañcānāṃ viṣaye svake ”
eteṣām -
etad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
nigraho* -
nigraha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rājñaḥ -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
pañcānām -
pañca (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

pañcā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
viṣaye -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
svake -
svaka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

svaka (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

svakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “sāṃrājyakṛtsajātyeṣu loke caiva yaśaskaraḥ ”
sāṃ -
so (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
rājyakṛt -
rājyakṛt (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

rājyakṛt (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sajātyeṣu -
sajātya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sajātya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
yaśaskaraḥ -
yaśaskara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023